Visual Studio Code Extension Development, inspector produces 'Window does not exist; inspector cannot be started.'

[BillHertzing]

statelyai/inspect produces the message "Window does not exist; inspector cannot be started.'

const primaryMachineInspector = createBrowserInspector(); // This line produces the errorMessage

I am developing a Visual Studio Code Extension, xState is running in a VSC Development Host.

package.json: (// relevant entries)
"dependencies": {
"@statelyai/inspect": "^0.2.0",
"bufferutil": "^4.0.8",
"utf-8-validate": "^6.0.3",
"xstate": "^5.5.1"

Also, after installing inspect, WebPack reported two missing packages bufferutil and utf-8-validate. I installed those manually, but it did not resolve the problem.

VSC Version :

Windows Version:

Please let me know if I can supply any additional information. I'm also on the Discord Stately server as BaslimOfJubbul

[BillHertzing]

Windows version info:

[davidkpiano]

bufferutil and utf-8-validate

Strange; Stately Inspect does not depend on these.

You should be able to pass in a custom window object here:

const inspector = createBrowserInspector({
  window: /* custom window object */
})

Maybe that may help? We currently assume a normal browser environment, and haven't yet tested within VS Code extensions.

[BillHertzing]

I will test this tonight.

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On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 10:19 PM David Khourshid ***@***.***> wrote: bufferutil and utf-8-validate Strange; Stately Inspect does not depend on these. You should be able to pass in a custom window object here: const inspector = createBrowserInspector({ window: /* custom window object */}) Maybe that may help? We currently assume a normal browser environment, and haven't yet tested within VS Code extensions. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAG2NNFGRD6ZNR6CGC2Y4STYPH64VAVCNFSM6AAAAABCBHVJMKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQOJZG44DMNBQGU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[BillHertzing]

could you please point me in the direction of where I can find a definition of and instructions forhow to implement a /* custom window object */? I'm unfamiliar with the term., but willing to do the research and see if I can get it working. Hoping you can get me started in a direction more specific than 'just google it' :-) On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 11:34 AM Bill Hertzing ***@***.***> wrote:

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I will test this tonight. On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 10:19 PM David Khourshid ***@***.***> wrote: > bufferutil and utf-8-validate > > Strange; Stately Inspect does not depend on these. > > You should be able to pass in a custom window object here: > > const inspector = createBrowserInspector({ > window: /* custom window object */}) > > Maybe that may help? We currently assume a normal browser environment, > and haven't yet tested within VS Code extensions. > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#4 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAG2NNFGRD6ZNR6CGC2Y4STYPH64VAVCNFSM6AAAAABCBHVJMKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQOJZG44DMNBQGU> > . > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > ***@***.***> >